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Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [ 1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...
September 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM. PHILADELPHIA - A woman is speaking out after she says she was attacked by a group of people while she was on her way to a community event in Philadelphia. FOX 29 ...
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (PFASS) was founded in December 1833, a few days after the first meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society (in Philadelphia), and dissolved in March 1870 following the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was founded by eighteen women, including Lucretia Mott ...
Sumter, South Carolina. Political party. Democratic. Alma mater. Penn State University. Blondell Reynolds Brown (born October 16, 1952) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council . Reynolds Brown was the only woman to serve At-Large in City Council from 1999 to 2015.
Gloria Casarez. Gloria Casarez (December 13, 1971 – October 19, 2014) was an American civil rights leader and LGBT activist in Philadelphia. [1] Casarez served as Philadelphia's first director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) affairs. [2] During her tenure as director, Philadelphia ranked as the number one city nationwide for ...
Mary D. Diehl. Mary D. Diehl was one of the first female police officers to work in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] She had previously collaborated with L. M. Gillespie to improve the quality of life for more than two thousand women and girls who had become human trafficking victims. [3] [4] [5]
The Women's March[ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ][ a ] was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. [ 13 ][ 19 ] It was at the time the largest single-day ...
Ernesta Drinker Ballard (May 13, 1920 – August 11, 2005) was an American horticulturalist and feminist.Among the founders of the National Organization for Women, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, and Women's Way, Ballard was the executive director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from 1963 to 1981, credited by The New York Times with bringing its annual ...